Validation and Use of an Instrument to Assess and Monitor the School-Level Environment

• In Event: Investigating K–12 Learning Environments

Abstract

Because the school-level environment is an important predictor of student and teacher outcomes, we developed a distinctive new instrument that drew on two theories (goal setting and social-cognitive) and validated it with 237 teachers in 4 schools. We explored the usefulness of the new instrument for monitoring school improvement efforts by administering it twice (2014 & 2016) in the same school and conducting qualitative interviews with the principal to augment the quantitative questionnaire data.

Authors

• Paul E. Rijken, University of Adelaide

• Jill M. Aldridge, Curtin University

• Barry J. Fraser, Curtin University